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The HO likes you too. I can't bid your job, only you can. Let the HO know that in order for you to do the next job you have to make a profit on this one. Stand firm if you can or tell them to hire you t&m and let the chips fall where they may. Gasping is a polished art in the lawyer business so don't take it so seriously. Doctors are worse yet.

Bob on the left coast.
 
price,,

price,,

i came up with 2390.00 with permit fee.
with NO dimmers,and NO old work 3way-top & bottom of steps
if they gasp,they gasp,,what do you care,,
if you were 1000.00,, they would've gasped,,they dont have a clue,,to what stuff cost.
it is what it is,,
 
Celtic,

Dealing with the homeowner will add a lot of time and aggravation for me compared with dealing with one of my regular GC's.

John
 
The price sounds fair to me. I think that you will earn your money by the time the job is completed. 20 hrs. is probably enough time to actually do the work but what of all the other time spent on the job. Lay-out when working with a homeowner. Time to purchase the fixtures and trim ( all materials ). Probably three trips to complete the job so that means you clean up three times. Who makes sure that the inspector has access to the job ( no GC )? Then there is the paper work and an extra trip to collect the last check. If you log all time spent on this job it will get a lot closer to 40 hrs. so you make about $50 an hr. before expenses. It get down to the fact that you are just making a living and not gougeing anyone. The point is that they will get a good job done by someone they can trust ( that's not always the cheapest guy in town ).
 
The hubby called me this morning. As I expected, they want me to go ahead and do the work, but they want to scale it back a bit to contain costs. They didn't bid shop or anything, and they aren't quibbling about what I'm charging them. They just said they need to keep the overall remodeling budget under control, and they have deleted a few of the lights to reduce costs a bit. We can't cut the receptacles, though, since I planned on code minimum for those.
 
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